Emergency conveyance



B. E. ARNTZEN Dec. 6, 1938.

EMERGENCY CONVEYANCE Filed Feb. 3, 1936 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 BERNARD E.ADNTZEN INVENTOR.

BY (EMA/L vfiv ATTORNEY,5

Dec. 6, 1938. B. E. ARNTZEN 2,138,826

EMERGENCY CONVEYANCE Filed Feb. 5, 1956 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 BERNARD EARNTZEN INVENTOR.

BY U wind-$7 ATTORNEY, 5

Dec. 6, '1938. a E. ARNTZEN 2,138,826

EMERGENCY CONVEYANGE Filed Feb. 3, 1956 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 BERNARDEAQNTZEN INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY, s

Dec. 6, 1938. ARNTZEN 2,138,826

EMERGENCY CONVEYANCE Filed Feb. 5, 1956 I 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 BYGJILLFATTORNEY, s

Patented Dec. 6, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EMERGENCY OONVEYANCEBernard E. Arntzen, Chicago, 111.

Application February 3, 1936, Serial No. 62,022

2Claims,

This invention relates to emergency conveyances and parts thereof andhas for its object to providenew and improved devices of thisdescription. The invention has as a further object to provide aconveyance which can be used as an ordinary conveyance and which can beinstantly converted into an emergency conveyance for the purpose ofconveying injured persons, or may be easily and quickly converted into ahearse,

particularly adapted for a childs hearse. The

invention has other objects which are more particularly pointed out inthe accompanying description.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein I have shown certain forms of myinvention, Fig. 1 is a view of one form of conveyance embodying theinvention, with parts broken away and omitted;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of a conveyance having a rear door, showing theparts in position for use as an emergency conveyance;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig.'3 showing the parts converted back to anormal passenger conveyance, with the emergency equipment folded andplaced in the rear trunk, ready for. instant use;

Fig. 5 is a view showing an injured person being transferred to theconveyance;

Fig. 6 is a view of the conveyance used as a childs hearse, showing aconstruction forfacilitating side loading;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the runway for the stretcher when in itsoperative position;

Fig. 7;

.Fig. 9 is an end View ofthe runway shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on line l0l0 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the conveyance with the top removed, showingthe runway in position.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

Referring now to the drawings, I have illustrated a conveyance I havinga body 2 and being provided with front and rear seats. There are twoseparated front seats 3 and 4, see Fig. 11. The back of the seat 3 isremovable and is shown 9 in Figs. 1 and 11 as being removed. I prefer tohave the front seat 4 arranged so that it may be moved laterally towardthe side of the conveyance from the dotted line position shown in Fig.11 to the full line position.

The rear seat is divided so as to provide two Fig. 8 is a side view ofthe runway shown in separated sections. A section at one side consistingof-the back 5 and the bottom 6 is placed in an unobstructing positionnear the top of the conveyance, see Fig. 1, and the parts are held inplace by. any suitable support. As herein shown, there is a supportingelement 7 connected with the roof of the conveyance which has alaterally extending engaging element 8 which passes. under the seatportion 5. The remaining back seat 9 with its back I0 is in position foruse. In the conveyance illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 11, theconveyance is provided with an opening in the rear wall and a rear doorH shown as hinged at I2.

When the device is used as an emergency conveyance for conveying injuredpersons the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 and when the injuredperson is to be placed in the conveyance the rear door llis lifted, asshown in Fig. 5. At this time there is located in the car a runway |3which is illustrated in Figs. 7-10. This runway consists of the twoportions I4 and I5 hinged together near its middle, as at It, so that itmay be folded. There is a hinge member I! which extendsentirely acrossthe runway and in addition to acting as a hinge member acts also tostrengthen the device;

The runway is preferably of metal and is pro-.

vided with the side members having the upstanding edges l8 and I!) so asto form a groove 20. There are also end upstanding members I81: and Mia.This runway when ready for emergency use is unfolded and is placed inthe conveyance, the front end resting on the front seat, as shown inFigs. 1 and 11, the rear end resting on the floor of the conveyance. Theparts are then in the position illustrated in Fig. 3. I may provide aroller "a at the rear of the conveyance, along which the runway or astretcher may be rolled while it is being pushed into the conveyance.After the runway, for example, is in the conveyance the'roller Ila willact as a stop to prevent rearward movement of it, see Fig. 1. I may alsoassociate with the roller a member l'lb which projects rearwardly whenthe runway and stretcher are being placed in position, as shown in Figs.1 and 5, and which may then be folded over into the conveyance, asindicated in Fig, 1. Before the runway is placed in position thesections 5 and 6 of the rear seat are placed in the position shown inFig. 1, so as to be out of the way.

The injured person is placed on a suitable stretcher 2| having supports22 which are preferably wheels. These supports are placed in the grooves20 in the runway, as shown in Fig. 5,

and the front end of the stretcher is then released and the man at therear pushes the stretcher with the injured person thereon along therunway until the entire stretcher and the injured person thereon iswholly within the conveyance. The driver can then sit in the seat 4 andif it is desired, a passenger may sitin the rear seat 9, all of whichmay be done without interfering with the stretcher or the injured personthereon. The rear door I l is then closed and the driver may start upthe conveyance and carry the injured person to the hospital or to anyother place desired. The rear door is then opened and the stretcherremoved and the injured personmoved to the desired place.

When the device is to be used as a passenger conveyance the runway isremoved and folded and placed in the rear trunk 24, and the stretcherwhich is also foldable is folded up and placed in the rear trunk and allother emergency equipment is placed in the trunk and the door closed.The rear seat portions are then moved to their proper positions and thedevice is ready for normal use as a passenger conveyance.

When there is a rear door, but particularly when'there is no rear door,the conveyance may be loaded from the side. For thispurpos I remove aportion of the front fender and then provide the substantially verticalmember 26 to cover up the opening and this gives an increased opening ofthe front door, so as to permit the runway and the stretcher or anyother device to be inserted in the front door at a sufficient angle sothat it may be nearly enough parallel to the length of the body to beeasily inserted. I also provide a bumper element 21 on the fender forpreventing injury to the door.

When the device is loaded from the side, that is through the front door,I prefer to provide at the front a folding platform 28 which is providedwith the legs 29 adapted to support the platform as illustrated in Fig.6. The cutting away of the fender to widen the door opening is necessaryin order to permit the coflin, runway or stretcher to be inserted in thefront door. The front door also is provided with a receptacle for firstaid material, the receptacle being provided with the cover portion 30which is opened to secure access to this first aid material.

- The conveyance is alsoprovided with the fiash lights 3| at the frontand" at the rear, which .fiash as the conveyance is moved along thestreet so as to assist in giving it the right of way. When the device isto be used specifically as a child's hearse it may be painted white.

I claim:

1. An emergency conveyance comprising an automotive vehicle having aclosed body, a front seat therein for a plurality of riders, a back seattherein for a plurality of riders, the seat-portion and the back portionof the back seat for one of the riders being separate from the remainingportion of the back seat, means for suspending the seat-portion and theback portion of the back seat for one of the riders in the upper part ofthe body, so as to have an unobstructed open space between them and thebottom of said body for the reception of a stretcher, and a door in theback of said body through which the stretcher is inserted, whereby apassenger automobile is easily and quickly converted in the fleld intoan emergency ambulance and. back into a passenger automobile.

2. An emergency conveyance comprising an automotive vehicle having aclosed body, a front seat therein for a plurality of riders, a back seattherein for a plurality of riders, the seat-portion and the back portionof the back seat for one of the riders being separate from the remainingportion of the back seat, means for suspending the seat-portion and theback portion of the back seat for one of the riders in the upper part ofthe body, so as to have an unobstructed open space between them and thebottom of said body, a door in the back of said body, a foldable runwayinsertable into and removable from the body through the door in the backthereof and having a portion thereof intermediate the suspended backseat portion and the floor of the vehicle, and a stretcher in said bodysupported on said runway, whereby a passenger automobile is easily andquickly converted in the field into an emergency ambulance and back intoa passenger automobile.

BERNARD E. ARN'I'ZEN.

